Oscar leaves the big screen
From Cameo to the Academy's big announcement to let streamers enter the Oscars, it's an interesting time for Hollywood. That and more on this week's show!
Interview: Ash Ringrose, SMG Studio
We talk to Ash Ringrose, Head of SMG Studio, ahead of the launch of their latest game, Moving Out. Lots of great advice for other indie game devs out there.
In the tunnel. Somewhere.
I’m seeing some of my contract workload slow down right now. Some other parts are picking up. And freelance journalism is slooooooow. So overall, it’s not entirely balancing itself out. But I know I’m still far luckier than many. My best guess is that we’re past
Esports aggregation with Ben Goldhaber, CEO of Juked.gg
Ben Goldhaber, co-founder and CEO of Juked.gg, talks about his esports aggregation site, why they've created it, and where it all goes next.
A tracking app is just fancy contact tracing
This week's podcast features a look at Australia's contact tracing app plans, Minecraft RTX, playing digital boardgames and Fortnite's next virtual concert!
Marc Rogers on CTI League's "Hackers without borders"
A fascinating chat with Marc Rogers, head of cybersecurity at Okta and long-time SecOps lead for legendary hacker conference DEFCON.
Perfect Visibility
8K TV is a joke. But that means it also points to the fact a 4K TV is likely to be the longest lasting television purchase you'll make since the cathode ray era.
Interview: Alex Abrate, Level Up Dice
Seamus catches up with the founder and CEO of the best makers of gorgeous luxury gaming dice in the world: Alex Abrate from Level Up Dice.
Nico King, Chaos Theory Games
This week Seamus talks with Nico King, co-founder and Executive Creative Director of Chaos Theory Games, an independent games studio based out of Sydney,
Hacks, remakes and fancy new phones
When are Zoom hacks not actually Zoom hacks? Why do games seem to have a better handle on doing remakes than film? That and more on this week's show.
Michal Blicharz and IEM Katowice's coronavirus moment
Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz on that moment when IEM Katowice was told it couldn't open its doors, plus the nature of esports during the coronavirus crisis.
Infowars (good and bad)
Information is on every front line in this crisis: in health management, in overcoming isolation, and in the most unnecessary battle of them all – disinformation.
Now The Official Quibi Review Show
When this episode started we weren't sure about Quibi. By 15 minutes in we've decided that's all the show is about from now on.
One day at a time
“How are you?” is too expansive and hard to consider clearly. But “today” is contained and easier to respond to.
Godzilla and friends are coming to Magic: the Gathering
Wizards of the Coast and Toho Co have partnered to bring a special Godzilla series of cards to the next Magic: the Gathering premium card set.
It's time for 5 minute default meetings
The 30 minute default must die. Cut the defaults to 5 minutes to show the time vampires that enough is enough, especially in the coronavirus crisis.
Beyond just virtual boards to play on
We've looked at virtual board tools for online boardgaming, but what about skipping those and just getting a game running anyway you like? Just. Do. It.
The Unsubscribe Experiment
Seamus has been unsubscribing from all his video streaming services... but he's still using them all exactly the way he always has. Huh? How's that work?
Cut yourself some slack
It's chaos all the way down. Give yourself a break. It's OK to take a breathe right now.
The internet high wire act
Services are blowing up in all kinds of ways, whether becoming the new hotness or collapsing under the weight of all this new work from home traffic.
